Following his formal indictment Wednesday in the stabbing death of a 14-year-old Indian Head Park girl, John Wilson Jr. made another brief court appearance this morning in Bridgeview.
Wilson, 38, will be arraigned Dec. 21. His attorney, John P. Carroll,...

Any day now, Kelly Slater most likely will clinch an unprecedented and almost unfathomable 11th Assn. of Surfing Professionals World Title. But as we all know, Slater is one in a million.
For the other 999,999 and then some, there are events like...

DNA and at least three witnesses link a parolee with a lengthy criminal record to the fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old girl who walked in on a burglary at her home in Indian Head Park last week, prosecutors said today.
John L. Wilson Jr., 38, is accused...

Finger-pointing, self-denial and grief mixed with gallows humor are the basis for Anna Carini's play "Sweet Confinement," first seen in Chicago three years ago in a production from Sinnerman Ensemble, which is reviving the play with its author in a key...

The National German Exam is given each January to more than 25,000 high school students across the nation. Harford Christian School students regularly score in the higher percentiles and this year was no exception.
Ten of the 20 HCS students taking the national exam scored in the top 20 percent. Five finished in the top 10 percent.
High scorers were Ann Cornwell, Lysette Druyor, John Wilson, Leah Edwards, Caroline Harris, Shaune Young, Patti Lynn Good, Sue Edwards and Nicole Neidhardt and Conner Smith....

Mike Burden sets his sights on another unsuspecting opponent who catches a screen pass and can't wait to turn upfield.
Burden, a 6-foot-1-inch, 205-pound Palatine junior who tracks adversaries with the certainty of a heat-seeking missile, unleashes his muscular body full-force.
The crunching hit reverberates up to the press box, where opposing coaches grimace and openly admire Burden's style of play.
"There isn't anybody in the entire state who hits harder than that kid," said one coach.
Burden's...

The Charlie Riley Community Service Scholarship Foundation awarded $27,000 in scholarships to Harford County students during its seventh annual scholarship and awards banquet held Nov. 14 at the Level Fire Hall.
The scholarship program honors the memory of the late Charles W. Riley, a 52-year member and former chief of the Abingdon Volunteer Fire Company and a member of the Harford-Cecil Volunteer Fireman's Association and Maryland State Fireman's Association halls of fame. He was also a past president...

Seems like the “Twilight” folks saved the worst for last.
“Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2,” the last of five films adapting author Stephenie Meyer’s best-selling tales of vampires, werewolves and teen lust, was lauded as the worst picture of 2012 at Saturday night’s 33rd annual Razzie Awards.
Although the preceding four “Twilight” films had frequently been nominated for Razzies, the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation, arbiters of cinematic bad...

Local senior services, childcare and public transit face disruptions or increased county taxpayer costs if the national debt ceiling stalemate doesn???t get resolved by mid August, Palm Beach County officials said Wednesday. Palm Beach County government relies